‘True Detective’ Creator & Louisiana Native Nic Pizzolatto Hit With Plagiarism Claims

Nic Pizzolatto, Louisiana native and creator of HBO's True Detective, has been hit with claims of plagiarism!

People are claiming that Pizzolatto borrowed elements from the work of horror author Thomas Ligotti. Mainly the nihilistic and philosophical views of Rust Cohle, played brilliantly by Matthew McConaughey.

Pizzolatto big wordedly dismissed the claims in a statement.

"The philosophical thoughts expressed by Rust Cohle do not represent any thought or idea unique to any one author," he continues. "Rather, these are the philosophical tenets of a pessimistic, anti-natalist philosophy with an historic tradition including Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, E.M. Cioran and various other philosophers, all of whom express these ideas. As an autodidact pessimist, Cohle speaks toward that philosophy with erudition and in his own words. The ideas within this philosophy are certainly not exclusive to any writer."

Basically it's saying that philosophical concepts aren't nailed down to one person, and are free for anyone to use, as said in a statement by HBO defending Pizzolatto.